Particle Physics Phenomenology in the Standard Model and Beyond (2008-2013)JF
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Particle physics is the branch of physics concerned with the behaviour of matter at the smallest distances. Over the years, physicists have developed the 'Standard Model' of particle physics. It is a very elegant theory capable of describing pretty much all known phenomena (at least in principle) with the exception of gravity and it has been tested to remarkable precision in equally remarkable experiments based at the world's 'atom smashers' (a.k.a. particle accelerators). However, we know that the Standard Model is flawed and so we expect there to be physics 'Beyond the Standard Model'. This research project is concerned with identifying possible sources of new physics and exploring how it might manifest itself in experiments. This study is very timely because the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will soon start up at CERN, the European Centre for Particle Physics. This is the most powerful accelerator ever built and it is seriously expected to push the Standard Model to breaking point. QCD is that part of the Standard Model concerned with the strong nuclear force. It is rich in interesting physics and not so well understood as the rest of the Standard Model. We are experts in its study and will explore various aspects of QCD in this project. Moreover, QCD effects are almost always present in particle collisions and they must be understood if we are to make the most of our experiments. We will pay close attention to understanding the role of QCD when searching for new physics. The Big Bang model of the Universe implies there was a time, very early in the Universe's history, when particle physics played a crucial role in the evolution of the Universe. We will devote time in this project to exploring the particle physics of the Early Universe.
Organisations
Publications
Benone C
(2014)
Absorption of a massive scalar field by a charged black hole
in Physical Review D
Ashoorioon A
(2014)
Effect of transitions in the Planck mass during inflation on primordial power spectra
in Physical Review D
Bomark N
(2014)
3.5 keV x-ray line from decaying gravitino dark matter
in Physical Review D
Sanchez J
(2014)
Inflationary buildup of a vector field condensate and its cosmological consequences
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Biswas T
(2014)
Super-inflation, non-singular bounce, and low multipoles
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Conroy A
(2014)
Geodesic completeness and homogeneity condition for cosmic inflation
in Physical Review D
Chen C
(2014)
Standard model explanation of the ultrahigh energy neutrino events at IceCube
in Physical Review D
Mazumdar A
(2014)
Dynamical breaking of shift symmetry in supergravity-based inflation
in Physical Review D
Balázs C
(2014)
Baryogenesis, dark matter and inflation in the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Calmet X
(2014)
Quantum Black Holes
Bezrukov F
(2014)
Relic gravity waves and 7 keV dark matter from a GeV scale inflaton
in Physics Letters B
Ashoorioon A
(2014)
Gauged M-flation after BICEP2
in Physics Letters B
Bezrukov F
(2014)
Higgs inflation at the critical point
in Physics Letters B
Altheimer A
(2014)
Boosted objects and jet substructure at the LHC. Report of BOOST2012, held at IFIC Valencia, 23rd-27th of July 2012
in The European Physical Journal C
Dickinson R
(2014)
Manifest causality in quantum field theory with sources and detectors
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Dev P
(2014)
Neutrino mass and dark matter in light of recent AMS-02 results
in Physical Review D
Dev P
(2014)
Leptogenesis constraints on the mass of right-handed gauge bosons
in Physical Review D
Kowalska K
(2014)
Low fine tuning in the MSSM with higgsino dark matter and unification constraints
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Dolan S
(2014)
Gravitational self-torque and spin precession in compact binaries
in Physical Review D
Roszkowski L
(2014)
Neutralino and gravitino dark matter with low reheating temperature
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Dimopoulos K
(2014)
Shaft inflation
in Physics Letters B
Ashoorioon A
(2014)
Black holes as beads on cosmic strings
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Choudhury S
(2014)
Constraining $ \mathcal{N} $ = 1 supergravity inflationary framework with non-minimal Kähler operators
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Van De Bruck C
(2015)
Simplest extension of Starobinsky inflation
in Physical Review D
Deppisch F
(2015)
Neutrinos and collider physics
in New Journal of Physics
Description | Progress on many fronts towards a better understanding of the universe, by developing theoretical models constrained by data from the LHC and cosmology experiments such as Planck. |
Exploitation Route | Other scientists will develop their research in light of our publications. |
Sectors | Energy |
Description | Researchers supported by this award have been very active in outreach activities for the general public, schools and scientists from other fields |
First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
Sector | Education |
Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |